The Comb: Back soon!

Unpicking stories that matter to you. The Comb returns on 13 January 2023

• 1 min

The promise

A granddaughter’s mission to bring a sacred statue back home to her country

• 26 mins

Who is Shebeleza?

Unmasking online hate: A lone voice, an admission of fault, and an unlikely alliance

• 26 mins

Mogadishu’s daughter

Ready to run: Childhood, conflict, and the complicated journey to find peace

• 27 mins

Motherhood, mania and me

‘She’s not my baby’: How giving birth triggered a young woman’s mental health crisis

• 28 mins

When violence goes viral

‘They were celebrating killing him’: When the death of a loved one is posted online

• 30 mins

Finding Humanism

A different kind of faith: Non-believers in Nigeria share their story

• 28 mins

Lives in limbo

'Dadaab is a prison’: Making a life in Africa’s largest refugee camp

• 27 mins

Parenting and punishment

“My dad beat me”: A punishment, an arrest, and a family changed

• 29 mins

Not guilty

Accusation, imprisonment, and vindication: The lie that changed Ishmail’s life in Malawi

• 30 mins

Am I in a cult?

“I was losing myself”: How joining a new church led to years of secrecy and surveillance

• 33 mins

Striking gold

“This is a diamond!”: A dream, a discovery and then disappointment

• 31 mins

The promise (Radio version)

A granddaughter’s mission to bring a sacred statue back home to her country

• 17 mins

Mogadishu's daughter (Radio version)

Ready to run: Childhood, conflict, and the complicated journey to find peace

• 17 mins

Motherhood, mania and me (Radio version)

How giving birth triggered a young woman’s mental health crisis

• 17 mins

Not guilty (Radio version)

A Malawian farmer reflects on the false accusation that changed his life

• 17 mins

When violence goes viral (Radio version)

Moti learned his father had died when pictures of his body were put on Facebook

• 17 mins

Striking gold (Radio version)

“This is a diamond!”: A dream, a discovery and then disappointment

• 17 mins